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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:31 PM Original message |
Who here remembers the 60s and 70s. The protests? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember, very well. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. yes even though |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I do |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, We Were Counting Our Dead At Tlatelolco |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Yes. I remember that. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. more..... |
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Cheesehead (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Spent the late '60's in Madison, WI |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Madison..and the whole country |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I was in Madison before & after Vietnam., out on the streets |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 01:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. I remember my childhood more than my teens, Jack |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. my parents took me to a march when i was 8 |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone who isn't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. I remember having a camera shoved in my face a couple of times. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Ohhhh Bandera |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yes. And, I wish I was 23 again and fleet of foot like I was then. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. amen Brother. I got arrested protesting GWI and those darn |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Hook knives |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. well except I had just left a lunch date with a friend and saw them |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. yes I was 13 in 1968 and remember watching the DNC on TV in |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. and I sure am |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Tell these youngins how its done..ha! |
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zanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
56. I was in my first peace march when I was 13. |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. I remember, too. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ah yes, the invigorating aroma of tear gas. At least we were seen on the |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Students in university today are sedated sheep compared to the |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, the Red Squad in Chicago, I remember the FBI well |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. they came to our "commune" looking for Patty Hearst! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. The students in France came within a hair of bringing down their |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. So what is missing now..in 2004 |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I remember |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks Cybergata |
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ASanders84 (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Ha, I hear ya |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Yeah, Those Damn Hippies... |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. the answer my friend |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. you and me both, I don't want to have to do it again |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. I was there, and it left an indelible mark |
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SilasSoule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow a DU'er expat living in Isla Mujeres??? |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yep..isla is a very fine place. |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. I remember too Tears! |
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BayouBengal07 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm only 19 |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Dear only 19 |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I wish Reagan had your beliefs in the 80s |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I cut my activist teeth in the 80s protesting Reagan & Bush I, and their |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. to be precise the were NLF flagsNational Liberation Front |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The only people i ever saw with those flags |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I sure didn't! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yes, please read up on the history of Vietnam |
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BayouBengal07 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Yes, I know |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 02:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Well, I'm with you pretty much... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I had a VC flag with a peace symbol rather than a star. |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Note this: Russian communism fell; we didn't attack Russia |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes...1971 was the first time.... |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. i was a "peace marshal" |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Passing a joint between cars at 65 mph... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hi again Mexicoxpat |
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Raenelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Old Robin Williams' joke--if you remember the 60s, you weren't |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. I remember it like yesterday - and I wasn't involved as some. |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Grammar school SDS |
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redstateblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. Marched At Maddox Inaguration In Atlanta 67- We Had A Coffin |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
47. I remember it from last year |
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Vadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
48. Yes, indeed, I remember! I was out on the streets of DC with... |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. I remember sit-ins at Berkeley, and marching in San Francisco and |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. although we never met. kittykitty |
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F.Gordon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. The FBI and the SDS |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. And it felt so good, didnt it? |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
63. Worst night of my life: |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
66. "Young wolves, show us your teeth." |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. I was 12 in 1968, outside Washington, D.C. My dad worked |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. I've just been thinking over the last year... |
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Ani Yun Wiya (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. Indeed. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
71. ...tin soldiers and nixon coming .........4 dead in OHIO |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
72. My mother-in-law |
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